OSCE WARNS YEREVAN AND BAKU AGAINST MOVES THAT MIGHT WORSEN THE SITUATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.11.2007 13:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister
Miguel Angel Moratinos, met the Co-chairs of the Minsk Group, which
negotiates with the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan a possible
solution to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

The statement issued by the Spanish OSCE Chairmanship says:

"The Co-chairs informed the Minister about current developments on the
peace process, which is becoming increasingly complicated due to the
upcoming electoral processes in Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2008. They
agreed that, in light of these circumstances, the governments of
Armenia and Azerbaijan should not refer to the conflict in ways that
might worsen the situation, and that could potentially endanger the
progress achieved so far.

"The Co-Chairs keep the OSCE regularly informed about their
activities. This is the third time the Co-Chairs have met the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office in Madrid.

"Minister Moratinos has been actively supporting the endeavors of the
Minsk Group. He has met many times with the Armenian and Azerbaijani
Presidents and their respective ministers. Last June, as the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office, Minister Moratinos paid official visits to both
Armenia and Azerbaijan.

"In 1992, at a conference in the capital of Belarus, the OSCE created
the Minsk Group to mediate in the conflict and to call for a peace
conference. In 1995, in the face of negotiation delays, the group
designated the United States, France and Russia to co-chair the Minsk
Group, and negotiate a solution for the conflict and the future Nagorno
Karabakh Statute with the Azerbaijani and Armenian Governments."